The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 15, 2003
Waning Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
11:58 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 998
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 292.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 04m / 17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.44° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / 0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.63° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.