The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 2200
Waning Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
2:51 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3437
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 | 315.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 225.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -9.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.54° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.56° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.