The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
4:32 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -137
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 | 146.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 32.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.26° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.14° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.