The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
5:46 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1644
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 | 162.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 13.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 13.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.16° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.66° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.