The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 2003
First Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
12:22 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1002
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 81.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / 1.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.85° / -3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.92° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.98° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.