The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 1983
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
4:40 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 753
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 185.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -19.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.14° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.09° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| 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.