The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Waxing Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
9:28 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1063
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 | 54.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 121.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -19.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.08° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.01° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.