The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 3, 1952
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
6:15 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 367
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.0° / 330.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -8.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.41° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.74° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.