The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
1:23 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1002
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 32m / 7.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.00° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.82° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.