The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
5:59 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 803
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 16.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 22.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.81° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.14° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.