The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
5:43 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 998
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.5° / 332.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.30° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.44° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.