The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
3:06 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -273
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 | 129.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 50.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 10.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.66° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.54° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.