The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 1921
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
8:52 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -16
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 127.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -2.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.79° / -1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / 2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.58° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.