The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 1907
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 AM
4:11 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -187
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 200.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -12.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.13° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.03° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.