The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 13, 2003
Waning Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
10:49 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 999
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 308.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 37m / 19.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.69° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.12° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.10° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.