The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
4:00 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3153
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 | 138.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 40.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.71° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.76° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.