The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 2106
First Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2275
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 | 89.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 89.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -3.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.20° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.25° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.