The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 9, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
6:45 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 999
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 338.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 0.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.70° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.55° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 219.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.