The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 2167
Waning Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
12:49 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3029
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 | 260.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 14.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.34° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.13° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.20° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.