The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 1956
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
6:28 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 156.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -20.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.13° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.85° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.