The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
5:30 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3054
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 18.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 15.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.61° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.16° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.