The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 2152
First Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2844
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 95.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -12.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.08° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.26° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.