The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 2069
Waning Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
11:38 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1817
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 | 248.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 286.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.83° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.82° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| 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.