The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
2:07 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 664
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 | 121.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 65.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -18.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.23° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.55° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.