The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 2148
Last Quarter
53.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2794
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 11.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.21° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.55° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.