The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 2016
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
8:59 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1162
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 | 46.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 126.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.59° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / -3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.49° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.