The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 1932
Waxing Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
9:22 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 120
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 120.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -10.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.03° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.10° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.