The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 1980
Waning Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
3:16 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 716
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 224.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -6.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.51° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.39° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.11° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.