The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 1939
Last Quarter
51.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.9%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 209
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,200 km.
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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 | 267.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 270.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 4.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.63° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.45° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| 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.