The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 2135
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
3:09 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2633
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 214.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.39° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.72° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.79° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.