The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 1959
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
8:01 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 457
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 138.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.09° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.08° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.