The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 1, 2003
Waxing Crescent
29.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
10:59 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.4%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 998
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 105.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.29° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.52° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.99° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.