The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
4:48 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1644
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 | 151.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 27.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 10.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.01° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.80° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.