The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 2098
Waxing Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
1:18 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2176
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 | 109.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 72.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / -0.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.65° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.24° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.62° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| 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.