The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 2091
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
12:19 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2089
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 283.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 12.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.44° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.24° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.34° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.