The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 1975
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
6:00 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 655
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 164.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -20.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.67° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.22° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.