The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 2021
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 AM
4:37 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1223
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 | 351.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 184.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -20.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.03° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.70° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.