The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 1997
Waxing Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
8:52 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 927
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 128.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -17.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.04° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.63° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.28° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.