The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 1982
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
9:20 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 741
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 329.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 23.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.76° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.26° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.