The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 2003
Waxing Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
7:48 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1002
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 139.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -23.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.32° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.85° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.