The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 2046
Waxing Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
11:10 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1533
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn 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 | 71.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 104.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -11.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.65° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.41° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.