The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 PM
2:39 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -174
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 | 126.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 56.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 2.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.97° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.25° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.02° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.