The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 1974
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
9:27 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 642
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 325.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 20.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.33° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.06° / 3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.73° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.