The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
5:00 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -236
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 | 153.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 25.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.72° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.68° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.