The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 1926
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
4:22 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 48
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 195.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -14.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.20° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / -4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.84° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.