The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 2132
Waning Crescent
14.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
3:08 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.1%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2596
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 225.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -7.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.98° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.02° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.