The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 1905
First Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -211
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 91.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 49m / -9.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.13° / -1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.03° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.