The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 1905
Waxing Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
11:32 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -211
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -12.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.67° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.58° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.20° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.