The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 2007
Waning Crescent
38.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
1:23 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.6%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1050
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 | 283.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 257.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / 0.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.44° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.92° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.