The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 1973
First Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 630
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 91.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.37° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.53° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.