The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 1958
Last Quarter
54.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.0%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 444
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 272.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 5.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.60° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.24° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.