The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 31, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
4:47 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -235
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 30.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 16.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.36° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.06° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.