The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2000
Waxing Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
11:06 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 964
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 | 74.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 106.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.85° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.37° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.