The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 1932
Waxing Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
11:25 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 123
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 | 75.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 103.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -13.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.22° / -1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.42° / 2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.87° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.