The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 2174
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
1:50 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3116
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 | 115.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 65.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 4.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.20° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.61° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.