The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 2134
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
9:48 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2621
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 | 204.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 330.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 28m / 27.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.19° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.36° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.