The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 2118
Waning Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
11:52 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2423
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 | 240.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 297.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 19.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.49° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / -2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.53° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.