The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 2012
Waning Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
10:59 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1112
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 | 235.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 297.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 35m / 13.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.67° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.59° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.