The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
6:03 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 704
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 8.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 42m / 14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.50° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.70° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.