The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Waning Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1149
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 | 263.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 275.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 8.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.46° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.30° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.