The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
6:05 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -236
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 | 166.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 9.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 41m / 15.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.52° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.55° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.