The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 1958
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
11:56 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 444
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 | 253.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 283.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 9.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.13° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.08° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.