The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% 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
2:47 PM
3:17 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1137
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 | 132.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 48.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 8.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.99° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.07° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| 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.