The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
2:45 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 667
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 | 125.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 55.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 7.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.91° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.65° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.