The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 1931
Last Quarter
50.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.1%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 110
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 271.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.64° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / -1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.91° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.