The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 1996
Last Quarter
45.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 AM
1:04 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 914
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 264.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 11m / 3.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.23° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.91° / 2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.83° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.