The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 2130
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
7:45 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2572
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 | 33.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 139.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -22.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.97° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.21° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.