The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 1985
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
11:58 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 778
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 301.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 23.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.40° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.28° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.