The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 2037
Waning Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
2:42 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1421
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 240.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -0.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.39° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.07° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.17° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.