The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 2058
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 PM
10:52 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1681
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 | 220.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 315.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 25.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.73° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / -4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.42° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.