The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 1912
Waning Crescent
36.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
1:45 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.2%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -125
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 | 286.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 256.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 2.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.30° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.34° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.28° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| 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.