The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 1901
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
11:33 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -264
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 295.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 54m / 16.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.04° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.34° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.