The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 2045
Waning Crescent
25.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 AM
1:49 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.2%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1520
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 240.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -8.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.86° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.69° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.