The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
2:54 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1236
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 | 128.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 53.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 5.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.97° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.53° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.