The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
6:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1879
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 | 170.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 4.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 16.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.38° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.88° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.0° |
| 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.