The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 2009
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
9:09 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1075
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 | 198.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 335.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 25.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.61° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.60° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| 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.