The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
5:08 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1978
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 | 150.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 27.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.62° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.46° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.