The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
1:11 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 865
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 | 105.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 73.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / 3.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.59° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.57° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.