The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
58.2% 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
1:00 PM
12:31 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1570
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 | 99.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 79.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / 0.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.34° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.51° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.