The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2056
Waning Crescent
24.4% 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
2:09 AM
2:38 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1656
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 | 301.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 242.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -0.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.25° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.98° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.