The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Waning Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
1:23 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1001
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / 0.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.53° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / -3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.68° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.