The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 1953
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
3:00 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 382
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 | 328.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 209.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -19.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.85° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.97° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.