The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 2187
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
8:23 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3277
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 132.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -23.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.46° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.95° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.