The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 2021
Waning Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
3:57 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1223
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 200.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -15.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.92° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / -0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.51° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.