The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
3:06 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3252
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 50.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 4.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.96° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.53° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.20° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.