The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 1977
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
12:07 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 679
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 280.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 9.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.86° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.87° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.