The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 2023
Waning Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
12:38 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1248
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 | 253.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 17.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.64° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / -4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.84° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.