The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
12:04 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 61
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 86.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / -9.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.44° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 7.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.50° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.