The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
4:32 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1001
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 33.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 13.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.14° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.03° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.