The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 3, 1953
Waning Crescent
19.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
5:38 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.1%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 379
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.3° / 243.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 24m / 23.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.18° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.74° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.