The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 2186
Last Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3264
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 10.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.36° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.17° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.