The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 2004
Waning Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
12:15 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1013
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 | 244.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 295.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 21.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.95° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.05° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.