The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 2031
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
10:14 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1347
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 | 221.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 310.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 32m / 17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.97° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.09° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| 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.