The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 1953
Waning Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 AM
2:31 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 382
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 221.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -15.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.74° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.78° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.