The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 2053
Last Quarter
48.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.8%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1619
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 269.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 6.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.53° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.89° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.