The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 14, 2003
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
10:57 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 998
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 296.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.57° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.44° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.