The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 3, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
4:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 231
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 | 155.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.3° / 4.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -13.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.84° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.15° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.