The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 2033
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
4:14 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1372
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 | 144.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 35.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 11.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.04° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.14° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.