The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2028
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
8:17 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1310
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 346.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 25.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.68° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.26° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.