The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
2:45 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 766
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 | 126.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 55.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 4.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.41° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.94° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.