The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 2123
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
7:59 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2485
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 10:35 PM, is deepest at 12:19 AM and ends at 2:03 AM. Totality lasts from 11:33 PM to 1:05 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 346.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 22.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.88° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / 1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.95° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.