The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 4, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% 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
2:58 PM
3:32 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1001
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 45.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 8.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.27° / -2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.17° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.