The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 2139
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
5:03 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2683
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 27.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 20.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.77° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.23° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| 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.