The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 1924
First Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 24
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 87.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -8.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.27° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.71° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.23° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.