The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
12:25 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 630
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 | 97.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 81.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / 0.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.86° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.65° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.37° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.