The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 2039
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 PM
8:25 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1446
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 | 190.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 343.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 17m / 23.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.26° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.26° / -0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.36° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| 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.