The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 1, 1969
Last Quarter
54.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 580
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 10.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.37° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.33° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.