The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 1978
Waxing Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
7:55 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 692
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 139.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.48° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.27° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.