The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 2171
Waxing Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 PM
11:56 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3079
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 98.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.42° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.40° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.64° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| 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.