The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 2139
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 PM
3:46 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2683
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 | 136.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 42.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 15.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.99° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.49° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.36° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.