The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 2157
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
6:20 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2906
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 155.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -26.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.05° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.07° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.