The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 2016
Waxing Crescent
9.3% 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
9:54 AM
8:03 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1162
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 | 35.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 136.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.27° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.67° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.