The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
3:16 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 197
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 | 131.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 10.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.15° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / -2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.94° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.