The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 1950
Waning Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
1:30 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 345
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 | 282.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / 2.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.51° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.88° / 0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.87° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.