The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 1934
Waning Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 AM
2:11 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 147
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 | 309.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 230.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -12.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.08° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.97° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.