The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
1:51 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -38
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 65.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / 5.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.60° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.88° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.