The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 2001
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
10:22 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 976
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 318.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 24.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.59° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.75° / -1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.20° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.