The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Waxing Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
10:30 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1063
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 111.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -15.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.08° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.83° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.