The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
2:00 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3252
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 | 119.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 64.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / -0.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.02° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.24° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.34° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.