The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 2096
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
9:47 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2151
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 | 205.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 329.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 28m / 26.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.18° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.74° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.