The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 1950
Last Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 345
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 270.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 8.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.27° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.96° / -0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.70° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.