The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 1939
Waning Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
11:59 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 209
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 | 254.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 281.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 8.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.46° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.29° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.