The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 1966
Waning Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
12:32 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 543
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 | 249.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 290.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 19.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.78° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.55° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.63° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.