The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 2043
Waxing Crescent
1.3% 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
8:51 AM
5:35 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1496
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 | 11.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 163.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -28.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.33° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.72° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.