The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
1:31 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1001
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 | 113.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 70.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / -2.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.12° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.06° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.47° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| 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.