The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 2189
Waning Crescent
23.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
2:31 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.0%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3301
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 | 302.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 239.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -2.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.87° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.73° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.27° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.