The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 1935
Waxing Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 160
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 95.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -7.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.73° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.14° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| 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.