The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 2039
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
9:21 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1446
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 332.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 25.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.06° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / -1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.50° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.