The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 PM
4:58 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2918
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 | 149.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 28.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 19.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.21° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.42° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.3° |
| 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.