The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 1912
Waning Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
2:08 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -125
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 242.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -3.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.05° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / 0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.45° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.