The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 5, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
1:14 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 998
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.0° / 80.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -26.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.47° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.16° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.