The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 2144
Waxing Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
1:15 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2745
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 | 107.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 72.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / 1.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.43° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / -1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.65° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.