The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 2010
Waning Crescent
5.2% 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
5:23 AM
3:22 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1087
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 | 334.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 203.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.48° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.21° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.