The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 1928
Last Quarter
54.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 73
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 14.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.50° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.44° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.16° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| 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.