The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
12:22 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -75
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 | 98.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 81.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -0.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.28° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.79° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| 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.