The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 2054
Waxing Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 AM
9:18 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1632
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 123.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.15° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.06° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.