The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 1970
Waxing Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
10:13 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 593
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 | 61.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 115.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 03m / -18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.03° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / 2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.45° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.