The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
6:52 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 840
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 5.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 49m / 24.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.40° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.45° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.