The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
2:24 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 999
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.8° / 60.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -20.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.87° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.21° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.