The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 2078
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
4:26 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1928
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 | 351.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 184.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -22.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.27° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.94° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.