The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 2125
Waxing Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
12:29 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2510
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 81.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -0.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.85° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.39° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.44° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.