The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 1912
Waning Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
12:59 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -128
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 | 259.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 293.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 23.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.14° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.49° / -4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.77° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.