The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 2041
Waxing Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
2:50 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1471
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 | 127.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 53.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 6.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.84° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.74° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.