The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 2031
Waning Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
10:49 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1347
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 300.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.85° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.23° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.