The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 2144
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
12:17 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2745
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 | 96.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 83.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -2.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.32° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.86° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.81° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.