The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 2046
Waxing Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
10:07 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1533
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 | 60.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 115.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -16.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.17° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.59° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| 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.