The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 1902
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
8:27 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -248
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 132.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.97° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.12° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.