The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 1979
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 PM
7:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 704
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 353.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 38m / 17.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.33° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.57° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 179.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.