The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 2010
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
2:43 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1087
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 | 320.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 218.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.35° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.75° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.03° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.