The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 2087
Waxing Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2040
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 | 83.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -5.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.16° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.06° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| 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.