The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 2066
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
8:23 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1780
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 | 189.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 343.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 20m / 23.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.81° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.68° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.