The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 1977
Last Quarter
51.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.9%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 679
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 270.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 5.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.35° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.60° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.03° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.