The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 1901
Last Quarter
52.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.2%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -261
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 | 267.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 270.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 4.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.49° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.30° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.83° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.