The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 1966
Waning Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
11:55 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 543
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 302.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 23.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.88° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.49° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.