The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 1962
Waxing Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
10:23 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 494
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 | 64.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -17.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.77° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.97° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.