The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
12:16 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 296
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 84.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -9.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.46° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.19° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.70° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.