The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 2, 2003
Waxing Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
11:36 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 998
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 101.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -20.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.51° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.77° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.