The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 1969
Waning Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
1:15 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 580
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 | 276.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 265.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 10m / 5.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.45° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.97° / 0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.49° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.