The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 2193
First Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3351
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 91.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -8.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.42° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.11° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.