The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
1:47 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1236
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 | 116.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 66.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / -0.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.84° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / 4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.68° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.