The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 10, 2003
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
6:49 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 998
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 318.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / -9.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.24° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.26° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 165.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.