The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 2174
Waxing Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
12:38 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3116
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 | 102.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 78.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / -1.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.99° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.76° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.