The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 1948
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
6:34 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 321
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 151.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -27.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.22° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.35° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.