The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 2126
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
10:15 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2522
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 | 222.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 309.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 16.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.72° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.97° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.94° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.