The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 1, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
2:10 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1137
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 62.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 4.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.15° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.21° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| 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.