The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 3, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
1:24 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1805
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 | 109.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 70.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 4.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.93° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.54° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.