The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 2115
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
9:45 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2386
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 330.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 26m / 27.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.80° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.55° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.