The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 1936
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
11:35 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 172
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 | 246.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 289.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 11.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.39° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.55° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.