The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 17, 2003
Waning Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
2:00 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 998
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 284.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 23.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.03° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.28° / -1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.01° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.