The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 2179
Waxing Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
9:27 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3178
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 | 51.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 122.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -15.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.67° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.25° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.46° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.