The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 1921
Waxing Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
9:11 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -13
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 | 48.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 124.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -15.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.15° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.04° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.31° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.