The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 1946
First Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 293
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 94.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -21.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.07° / 0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / -0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.74° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.