The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 2193
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
12:33 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3351
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn 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 | 100.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 79.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -1.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.86° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.95° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.