The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
2:52 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2312
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 | 128.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 54.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 4.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.45° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.40° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.