The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
12:56 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3252
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 76.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / -4.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.58° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.45° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.49° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.