The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 1937
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
5:01 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 184
Events on this date
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Annular solar eclipse
The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light. Not visible from Columbus.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 177.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -21.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.34° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / 0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.14° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.