The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
4:37 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 667
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 32.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.49° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.33° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.36° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.