The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 2182
Waxing Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
12:32 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3215
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 | 100.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 80.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -1.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.14° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.21° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| 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.