The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 1997
Waxing Crescent
7.7% 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
7:51 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 927
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 | 31.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 139.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.48° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.07° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.47° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.