The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 2003
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
10:12 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1002
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 114.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -14.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.30° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.85° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.48° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.