The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 2003
Waning Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
12:59 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 998
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 288.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 52m / 20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.23° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.82° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.