The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 1921
Waxing Crescent
10.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
8:15 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.2%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -13
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 | 36.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 134.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -17.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.92° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.50° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.