The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 13, 2003
Waning Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 PM
9:56 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 998
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 300.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 34m / 7.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.56° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.07° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.26° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.