The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 1940
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
8:55 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 219
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 126.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -1.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.94° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.78° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.