The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 2182
First Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3215
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -6.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.11° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.37° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.