The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
4:50 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1038
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 | 149.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 29.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.42° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.49° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.