The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
6:09 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1125
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 | 9.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 162.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -19.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.34° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.48° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.63° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.