The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 1948
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
7:35 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 321
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 | 35.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 140.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -27.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.13° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.16° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.