The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Last Quarter
50.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.4%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1001
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 269.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / 6.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.95° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.38° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.51° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.