The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 1974
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
10:15 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 642
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 312.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.68° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.96° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.86° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.