The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
5:32 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1001
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 20.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 14m / 18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.94° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.79° / 0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.89° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.