The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
1:56 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 531
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 65.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / -0.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.11° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.75° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.