The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 1937
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
5:49 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 185
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 165.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 13m / -21.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.13° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.66° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.