The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 1929
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
6:54 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 86
Events on this date
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 147.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -27.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.76° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.98° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.