The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 2061
Waning Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
12:37 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1718
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 | 254.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 16.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.90° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.04° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.27° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.