The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 2170
Waning Crescent
22.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
2:37 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.3%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3066
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 238.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -2.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.39° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / -3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.47° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.