The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 1920
Waning Crescent
39.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
1:13 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.1%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -26
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / -0.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.02° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.80° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.