The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 2018
Waning Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
3:17 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1186
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 224.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -6.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.38° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.54° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.