The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 1913
Waxing Crescent
32.2% 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
12:18 PM
10:43 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.2%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -112
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 | 68.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 110.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.90° / -2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.66° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.