The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 3, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
64.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.1%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -276
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 93.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.01° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / -1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.01° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.