The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 2098
Waxing Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
2:19 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2176
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 60.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / 5.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.83° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.47° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.