The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
2:56 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 432
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 | 127.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 53.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.45° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.13° / -1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.28° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.