The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 1980
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
2:48 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 716
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 236.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -2.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.67° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.93° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.