The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 2156
Waning Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
12:24 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2893
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 | 256.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 281.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 11.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.70° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / 0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.09° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.