The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
6:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1644
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 0.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 17m / 17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.47° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.55° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.53° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 221.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.