The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 1942
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 AM
3:31 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 246
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 | 300.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 228.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -1.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.60° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.63° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.01° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.