The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 1907
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
4:51 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -190
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.1° / 252.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 21.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.41° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / 0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.30° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.