The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 1909
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
12:58 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -162
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 282.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 16m / 16.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.09° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.37° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.