The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 2040
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
4:35 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1458
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 183.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.06° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.50° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.