The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
4:18 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -273
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 36.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 15.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.25° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / -2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.40° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.