The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 1917
Waning Gibbous
76.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
11:17 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.2%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -63
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 296.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 14.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.42° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.74° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.