The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 2041
Waxing Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
1:38 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1471
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 68.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / -0.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / 4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.88° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.