The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 2151
Waning Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
2:18 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2831
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 | 293.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 250.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / 3.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.37° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.48° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.