The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 1947
Waning Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
12:02 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 308
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 | 239.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 300.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 22.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.81° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.81° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.67° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.