The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 2083
Last Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1990
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 266.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 3.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.12° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.22° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.95° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.