The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 2003
Waxing Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1002
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / -3.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.40° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.67° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.14° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.