The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 1920
Waning Gibbous
61.0% 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
11:44 PM
12:06 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -26
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 | 257.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 279.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 8.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.65° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.48° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| 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.