The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 2123
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
6:50 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2485
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 | 172.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 2.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 21.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.70° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.18° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.