The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 1981
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
10:30 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 729
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 | 66.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 111.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -17.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.28° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.17° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.