The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2034
Last Quarter
50.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.0%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1384
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 6.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.69° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.48° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.09° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.