The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 9, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
2:23 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 996
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 63.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.07° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.72° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.