The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
3:01 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1607
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 | 129.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 51.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 6.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.10° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.48° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.