The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 1971
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
9:13 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 605
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 | 198.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 335.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 58m / 26.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.50° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / -3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.01° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.