The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 2129
Waning Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
12:33 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2559
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 282.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 01m / 13.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.50° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.42° / -1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.76° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.