The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 2151
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
2:44 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2831
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 | 306.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 236.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -3.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.21° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / -4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.66° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.