The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 2159
Waning Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
1:20 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2930
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 1.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 249.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -5.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.88° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / 7.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.99° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.