The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
1:15 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 61
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 72.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / -4.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.59° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.34° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.