The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
6:08 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1038
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 | 162.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 14.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 23.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.93° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.36° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.