The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 2195
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
6:44 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3376
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 | 22.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 151.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -25.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.42° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.63° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.