The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
12:34 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1941
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 | 102.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 80.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / -5.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.69° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.42° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.