The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 2104
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
9:02 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2250
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 | 200.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 332.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 21.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.17° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.28° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.