The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 1927
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
11:54 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 58
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.42° / 1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / -2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.54° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.