The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 28, 2003
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
8:58 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 999
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 125.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -13.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.91° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / -0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.59° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.