The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% 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
2:22 PM
1:47 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 766
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 67.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / -1.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.56° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.09° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.