The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
9:29 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1001
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 333.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 27.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.40° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.84° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.64° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.