The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 1933
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
8:24 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 135
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 | 187.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 348.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 02m / 27.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.16° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.44° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.