The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2141
Waxing Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 AM
8:56 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2708
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 | 46.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 127.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.81° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.92° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.