The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
5:31 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1879
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 17.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 13.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.49° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.02° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.