The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 3, 1936
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
9:35 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 169
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 306.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 8.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.77° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.45° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.