The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 2096
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
10:49 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2151
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 316.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 34m / 26.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.02° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.87° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.