The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 2184
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
5:15 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3239
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 178.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.62° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.32° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.89° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 142.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.