The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 1906
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
9:39 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -199
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 322.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.35° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.04° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.38° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| 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.