The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 1963
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 PM
9:19 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 329.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 17m / 22.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.88° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.47° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.