The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
1:03 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1100
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 | 104.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 74.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / 3.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.58° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.93° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| 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.