The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 1901
Waning Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
12:01 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -261
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 | 255.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.0° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 8.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.53° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.44° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.68° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| 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.