The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 1974
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
8:49 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 639
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 | 200.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 310.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / 5.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.55° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.84° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.