The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 2019
Waxing Crescent
35.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
10:57 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.3%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1199
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 | 72.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 107.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -17.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.90° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.73° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.