The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 2094
Waning Crescent
25.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
2:35 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2126
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 243.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / 0.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.13° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.68° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.40° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.