The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 2027
Waxing Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
9:17 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1298
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 | 51.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 123.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 18m / -19.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.27° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.39° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.