The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 1945
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
4:09 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 283
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 | 337.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 199.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -13.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.88° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.26° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.46° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.