The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 1972
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
3:27 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 617
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 | 336.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 200.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 59m / -21.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.47° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.79° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.