The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 1960
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
7:42 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 469
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 | 185.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 346.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 07m / 17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.44° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.79° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.