The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 2004
Waning Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
12:43 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1013
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 | 255.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 16.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.97° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.20° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| 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.