The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 1909
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
9:59 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -165
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 | 229.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 300.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 8.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.73° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.74° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.