The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 3, 1961
Waning Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
3:58 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 478
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 | 289.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.6° / 258.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.51° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.09° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.