The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 2164
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
10:27 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2992
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 | 225.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 307.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.07° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.36° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.