The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2051
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
4:58 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1594
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 | 352.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 182.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -17.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.80° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.21° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.61° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.