The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 2050
Waning Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
10:01 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1582
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 | 218.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 313.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 16m / 17.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.13° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.74° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.