The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 2056
Waning Crescent
15.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
3:10 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.1%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1656
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 227.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -5.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.77° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.16° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.