The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 1985
Waning Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
12:31 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 778
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 290.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.19° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.29° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.43° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.