The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 1936
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
11:02 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 172
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 | 233.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.12° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.65° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.40° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.