The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 2173
Waning Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
3:10 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3103
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 | 328.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 210.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -17.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.48° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.41° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.