The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
11:43 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1013
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 | 233.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 305.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 24.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.05° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.90° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| 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.