The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 2003
Waxing Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
11:09 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 999
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 107.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -26.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.34° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.95° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.