The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 1940
Waxing Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
8:51 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 222
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 | 43.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 128.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -16.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.32° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.69° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.