The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 2143
Waning Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
2:24 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2732
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 231.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -9.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.00° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.46° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.14° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.