The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 1982
Waning Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
10:25 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 741
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 | 217.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 317.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 23.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.67° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.52° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.40° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.