The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 2170
Waning Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
2:10 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3066
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 | 290.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 253.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 3.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.97° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.30° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.