The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 2132
Waning Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 AM
2:44 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2596
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 | 304.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 238.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -1.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.49° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.84° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.