The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 1934
Waning Crescent
11.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 AM
2:40 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 147
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 | 321.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 217.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.15° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.15° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.