The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 2149
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
7:09 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2807
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 146.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -22.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.52° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.58° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.