The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 2141
Waxing Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 AM
9:55 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2708
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 117.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -14.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.65° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.74° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.74° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.