The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 2077
Waning Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
10:35 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1916
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 | 216.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 319.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 19m / 26.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.58° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.07° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.