The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 2026
Waning Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
1:29 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1285
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 | 287.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 252.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / -1.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.34° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.72° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.