The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 3, 1950
Waning Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
2:08 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 342
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 284.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 50m / 24.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.62° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.59° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.63° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.