The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 1950
Waning Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
12:44 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 345
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 | 258.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 282.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 14.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.41° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.64° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.54° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.