The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 2133
Waxing Crescent
39.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
11:22 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.2%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2609
Events on this date
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 104.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.94° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.93° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.08° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.