The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 1948
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
8:31 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 318
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.1° / 133.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 07m / 10.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.81° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.44° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.