The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 1951
Waxing Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
10:25 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 358
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 | 64.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 113.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 13m / -17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.23° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.24° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.