The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 1915
Waning Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -91
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 | 292.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.3° / 275.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 27.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.89° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.50° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.63° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.