The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 2075
Waning Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
2:17 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1891
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 252.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 3.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.54° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.18° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.59° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.