The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
1:31 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -75
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 | 110.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 68.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.94° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.64° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.