The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
4:54 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1508
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 | 149.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 29.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.18° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.89° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.