The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 1, 2178
Waning Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3165
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 | 261.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 6.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.36° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.48° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.