The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 2119
Waxing Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
6:02 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2436
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 158.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -27.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.16° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.68° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.