The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 1994
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
5:07 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 889
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° 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.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 178.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -19.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.21° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.38° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.