The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 1906
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
8:49 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -199
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 333.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 20.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.51° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.63° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.24° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.