The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 1991
Waning Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
2:39 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 852
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 | 320.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 219.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -16.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.24° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.22° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.