The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 2003
Waning Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 AM
2:49 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1001
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 214.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.51° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.21° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.