The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 2163
Waxing Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
12:38 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2980
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 | 101.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 79.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -1.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.48° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.79° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.02° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.