The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 3, 1962
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
10:31 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 491
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 107.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -6.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.11° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.58° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.03° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.