The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 1983
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
4:05 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 753
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 | 337.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 199.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -14.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.78° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.90° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.