The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
12:16 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1706
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 | 99.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 83.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -7.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.67° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.23° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.