The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 1931
Waning Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
1:35 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 110
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 | 283.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.66° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / -0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.08° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.