The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 1917
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
10:45 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -63
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 | 227.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 306.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 55m / 18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.15° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.59° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.