The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2045
Waning Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
1:24 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1520
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 | 286.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 253.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / -2.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.88° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.52° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.