The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 1994
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
6:09 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 890
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 | 10.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 162.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.39° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.43° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.