The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 1, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
3:57 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -236
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 39.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 9.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.33° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.82° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| 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.