The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 2053
Waning Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
1:38 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1619
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 | 284.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 257.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 2.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.13° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / -0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.05° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.