The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 2083
Waning Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
1:13 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1990
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 | 284.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / -2.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.27° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.19° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.12° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.