The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2084
Waxing Crescent
29.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
10:42 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.4%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2003
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -12.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.97° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.00° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| 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.