The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 1935
Waxing Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
10:19 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 157
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 112.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 32m / -19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.98° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.19° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.