The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 2003
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
11:00 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1001
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 312.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 24.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.73° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.92° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.