The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 2002
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
4:42 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 988
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 | 351.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 183.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -20.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.09° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.91° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.