The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 3, 1973
Waxing Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
11:27 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 627
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 103.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -23.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.30° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.57° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.