The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
1:55 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -273
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 64.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / 6.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.18° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.70° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.68° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.