The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 1964
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
4:28 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 518
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 | 345.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 190.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.78° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / -2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.27° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.