The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 1924
Waxing Crescent
42.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
11:53 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 24
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 | 81.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 98.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -12.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.90° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.59° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.40° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.