The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 14, 2003
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
12:06 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1001
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 291.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 17.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.81° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.22° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.20° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.