The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 2037
Waning Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
3:15 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1421
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 225.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -5.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.92° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.35° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.