The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2090
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
3:05 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2077
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 51.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 5.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.29° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.04° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.