The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Waning Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
12:00 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1149
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 | 252.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 285.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 11.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.24° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.14° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.