The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 2137
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
12:06 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2658
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 | 247.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 16.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.82° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.67° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.31° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.