The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
4:19 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1743
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 | 142.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 36.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 16.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.92° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.24° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.