The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 2024
Waxing Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
5:58 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1261
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 | 16.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 158.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -28.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.79° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.34° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.