The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2062
Waxing Crescent
3.2% 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
9:30 AM
6:13 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1731
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 155.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -28.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.63° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.90° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.