The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 1906
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
7:55 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -199
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 344.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 19.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.69° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.11° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.