The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 2089
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
6:00 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2065
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 | 6.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 165.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.08° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.77° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.