The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 2095
Waxing Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
10:23 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2139
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 113.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -20.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.97° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.69° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.