The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 2035
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
8:36 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1397
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 130.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.88° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.03° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.86° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.