The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 2076
First Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1904
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 88.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -10.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.67° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 7.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.18° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.