The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 2120
Waxing Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
3:55 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2448
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 | 138.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 41.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 15.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.91° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.18° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.