The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 2107
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
9:21 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2287
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 | 208.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 322.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.66° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.01° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.