The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
5:45 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 333
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 | 158.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 18.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 06m / 20.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.68° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.55° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.