The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 1959
Waxing Crescent
16.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
9:08 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.1%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 457
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 | 47.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 125.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.84° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.89° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.