The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
3:54 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 432
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 | 138.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 41.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 12.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.59° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.27° / -0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.14° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.