The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 2002
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 AM
3:30 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 988
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 216.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.54° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.52° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.