The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 7, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
4:39 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 999
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 12.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -10.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.70° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.87° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.