The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
3:34 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1038
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 44.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 12.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.90° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / -2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.62° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.