The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
2:39 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1706
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 | 125.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 55.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 6.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.97° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.93° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.