The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
4:23 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1137
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 | 145.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 34.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 12.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.69° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.93° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.