The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 2080
Waning Gibbous
64.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
12:31 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.1%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1953
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 286.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 15.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.14° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.09° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| 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.