The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 2050
Waning Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
11:17 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1582
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 | 241.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 11.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.42° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.02° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| 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.