The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 2145
Waning Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
10:34 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2757
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 | 227.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 305.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 15.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.13° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.72° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.