The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 1981
Waxing Crescent
40.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
11:33 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.1%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 729
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 | 78.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 102.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -14.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.86° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.00° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.