The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 2117
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
2:11 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2411
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 | 119.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 62.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 4.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.46° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.84° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.