The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 3, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
2:18 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 95
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 | 131.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.9° / 64.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -26.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.82° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.52° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.