The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 2018
Waning Crescent
21.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
2:47 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.9%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1186
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 | 304.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 238.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -1.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.91° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.36° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.