The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 1954
Waxing Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
10:47 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 392
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 108.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -21.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.35° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.37° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.