The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 1933
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
9:16 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 135
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 | 197.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 336.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 27.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.07° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.57° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.