The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 PM
8:42 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1211
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 | 194.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 339.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 36m / 23.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.60° / 0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / 0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.73° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.