The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 2197
Waning Crescent
36.8% 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
1:05 AM
1:10 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3400
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 | 285.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 253.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / -3.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.57° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.62° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.