The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
2:21 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1842
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 | 121.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 60.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / 3.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.47° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.82° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.