The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 2101
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 PM
4:47 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2213
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 | 147.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 31.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 18.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.46° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.82° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| 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.