The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 2112
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 PM
6:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2349
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 | 168.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 6.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 16.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.27° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.45° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.