The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
3:13 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 902
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 | 131.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 49.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 8.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.34° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.87° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| 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.