The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
1:21 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 296
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 | 111.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 71.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / -3.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.76° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.55° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.