The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
1:39 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1570
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 | 112.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 67.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / 5.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.17° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.36° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.