The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 2042
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
12:30 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1483
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 289.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.39° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.47° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.