The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 1923
Waning Crescent
36.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
1:49 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.2%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 11
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 | 286.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 256.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / 3.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.70° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.54° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.