The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
6:30 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -1
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 | 171.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 3.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 16.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.81° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 228.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.