The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 2178
Last Quarter
45.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 AM
12:46 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.9%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3165
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 0.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.54° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.64° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.