The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2186
Waning Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 PM
12:50 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3264
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 | 259.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 281.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 14.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.33° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.01° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.