The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
68.2% 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
4:10 PM
1:16 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 194
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 | 111.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 78.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -20.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.73° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.13° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.