The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 2183
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 PM
10:14 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3227
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 | 221.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 311.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 32m / 17.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.89° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.00° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| 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.