The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 2172
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
10:38 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3091
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 320.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 20m / 27.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.69° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.82° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.92° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.