The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 2162
Waning Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
2:22 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2967
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 234.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -8.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.48° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.94° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.