The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 2156
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
12:00 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2893
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 16.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.73° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.94° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.