The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
3:48 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2312
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 | 138.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 42.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 7.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.36° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.26° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.