The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
3:38 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3388
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 | 134.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 45.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 14.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.62° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.11° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.