The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 2003
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 AM
4:07 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 989
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 187.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -24.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.07° / -1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / 3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.52° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.