The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 2026
Waning Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 AM
1:51 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1285
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 | 299.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 240.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -7.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.26° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / 5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.89° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.