The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 3, 1944
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 PM
7:44 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 268
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 306.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / -6.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.72° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.85° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.