The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 1969
Waning Crescent
35.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
1:35 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.1%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 580
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 253.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / -0.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.81° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.66° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.