The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 2023
Waning Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
11:37 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1248
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 | 231.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 307.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 25.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.51° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.54° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.