The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 2076
Waxing Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
11:47 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1904
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 | 81.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 100.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -15.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.47° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.34° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.