The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
1:39 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1941
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 | 114.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 68.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 1.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.75° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.27° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.