The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 1903
Waxing Crescent
20.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 AM
9:53 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.1%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -235
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 116.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -10.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.82° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.28° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.