The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
6:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3190
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 0.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 19.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.41° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.93° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.