The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
2:17 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 998
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.7° / 63.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -25.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.19° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.98° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.