The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 2015
Last Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 AM
1:04 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1149
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 Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 265.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 4.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.44° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.46° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| 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.