The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2147
Waxing Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
2:08 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2782
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 | 120.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 62.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 0.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.85° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.96° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.