The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
6:05 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1273
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 | 161.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 14.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 23.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.75° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.56° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.