The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 1918
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 AM
6:52 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -54
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.1° / 175.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 10.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.31° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.26° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.