The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 1920
Waning Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
12:19 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -29
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 | 242.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.38° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.63° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.