The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 1943
Waxing Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
10:15 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 256
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 | 43.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 110.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -4.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.49° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.84° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.