The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 2005
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
5:48 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1026
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 | 14.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 160.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -28.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.82° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.36° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.14° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.