The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 3, 1939
Waning Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
11:26 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 206
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 291.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 12.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.67° / -0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / 0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.24° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.