The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
2:14 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 197
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 | 119.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 61.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / 6.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.03° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.08° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.