The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2124
Waning Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
3:01 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2497
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 217.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -13.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.95° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.50° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.