The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 2143
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
3:04 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2732
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 217.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -13.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.34° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.33° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.