The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 1978
Waxing Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
9:02 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 692
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 | 46.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 126.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -16.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.20° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.09° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.