The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 1977
Waning Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
11:34 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 679
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 | 245.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 290.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.62° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.72° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.