The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 2001
Waning Gibbous
99.2% 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
5:57 PM
8:16 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 976
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 | 190.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 342.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 17m / 22.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.05° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / 1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.93° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.