The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 1996
Waning Gibbous
64.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
12:02 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.1%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 914
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 283.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 10.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.51° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.51° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.