The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 2187
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
6:31 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3277
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 154.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -23.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.61° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.33° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.