The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2102
Last Quarter
51.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2225
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 270.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 5.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.22° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.57° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.