The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 1975
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
5:03 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 654
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 178.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -20.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.60° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / -0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.58° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.