The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 1, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
12:27 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1001
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 82.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / -7.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.69° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.87° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.62° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.