The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 2080
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
11:58 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1953
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 298.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 21.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.81° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.94° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.