The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 2005
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
6:54 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1026
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 147.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -28.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.16° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.07° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.95° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.