The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 4, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
1:15 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 999
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 78.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -23.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.61° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.38° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.