The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
5:32 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -1
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 | 159.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 17.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 13.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.31° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.90° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.