The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
5:00 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 98
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 | 151.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 27.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.02° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.33° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.