The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 1923
Waning Crescent
25.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
2:24 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.7%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 11
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 | 299.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 243.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -1.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.79° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.71° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.