The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 1954
Waxing Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 395
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 | 81.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 96.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -6.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.30° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.33° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.