The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 1942
Waning Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
2:59 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 246
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 242.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 2.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.42° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.72° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.83° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.