The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 2050
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 PM
10:42 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1582
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 | 230.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 302.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 14.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.94° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.88° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.