The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
4:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 998
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.4° / 357.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.13° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.61° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.