The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 9, 2003
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
7:40 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1000
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 347.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 19.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.98° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.26° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.52° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| 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.