The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 1972
Waning Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
2:54 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 617
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 212.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -18.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.60° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.60° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.