The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
6:11 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 234
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 8.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 45m / 15.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.53° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.13° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.