The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 2003
Waning Crescent
8.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
6:37 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.1%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 998
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.8° / 197.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.66° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.28° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.