The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 1988
Waning Crescent
28.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
1:49 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.1%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 815
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 | 296.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 244.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -5.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.94° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.81° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.46° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.