The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 2089
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
6:51 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2065
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 152.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.76° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.57° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.