The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 1970
Waxing Crescent
17.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
8:57 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.2%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 593
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 | 48.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 127.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -22.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.98° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.83° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.63° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.