The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 1989
Waxing Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
10:07 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 828
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 | 61.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 115.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.52° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.64° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| 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.