The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 2001
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
9:22 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 976
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 | 203.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 330.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 23.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.72° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.07° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.