The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 PM
5:48 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 469
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 | 163.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 13.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 13.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.72° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.48° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.