The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
1:28 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -174
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / -3.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.87° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.38° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.16° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.