The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 PM
6:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1075
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 | 171.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 4.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 24.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.55° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.66° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.