The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 12, 2003
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
8:55 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 998
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 304.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 1.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.36° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.09° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.