The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 2088
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
11:45 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2052
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 9.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.29° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.61° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.