The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 1951
Waxing Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
9:08 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 358
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 | 51.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 125.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -22.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.77° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / 4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.42° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.