The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2003
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
3:29 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1001
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 198.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -22.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.47° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.39° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.