The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 2003
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 AM
4:20 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1001
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 183.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -25.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.59° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / 4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.58° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.