The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 2059
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
3:38 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1693
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 | 332.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 205.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 43m / -15.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.10° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / 0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.93° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.