The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 1986
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
5:50 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 791
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 160.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -27.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.62° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.94° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.