The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2197
Last Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3400
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.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 265.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 1.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.61° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / 7.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.45° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| 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.