The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 3, 1951
Waxing Crescent
4.9% 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
9:09 AM
8:54 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 355
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 125.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / -4.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.70° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.52° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.