The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 2183
Waning Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
10:59 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3227
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 | 233.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 300.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 15.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.86° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.14° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.