The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
5:25 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1743
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 | 154.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 23.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 21.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.63° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.10° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.