The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 1920
Last Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -26
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 268.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 3.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.52° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.63° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.