The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 2003
Waxing Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
11:19 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1002
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 103.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -9.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.57° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.00° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.31° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.