The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 1904
Waning Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
3:04 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -224
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 226.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -6.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.82° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / -3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.09° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.