The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 1955
Waning Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
11:05 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 407
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 14.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.58° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.20° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.