The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% 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
2:59 PM
3:22 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1842
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 | 133.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 47.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 7.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.40° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.68° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| 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.