The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 2103
Waxing Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
9:17 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2238
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 124.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.78° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / -2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.36° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.