The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 2072
Last Quarter
51.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1854
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 | 268.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 271.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 8.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.08° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.69° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.