The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 2176
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
6:00 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3141
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 159.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -26.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.15° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.44° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.