The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 1913
Waxing Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
9:38 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -112
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 120.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.53° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.84° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.