The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
3:41 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 667
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 | 136.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 44.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 10.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.72° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.84° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.50° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.