The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 1961
Waning Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
2:51 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 481
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 | 307.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 234.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -3.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.27° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.31° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.