The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 2113
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
2:55 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2361
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -3.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.69° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.21° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.