The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Waxing Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 AM
6:59 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1261
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 | 28.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 146.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -27.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.67° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.15° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.