The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 1904
Waning Crescent
24.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
2:28 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.1%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -224
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 241.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -2.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.53° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.91° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.