The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 2072
Waning Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
12:19 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1854
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 | 255.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 282.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 12.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.06° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.42° / 1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.54° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.