The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 1977
Waning Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
12:46 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 676
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 | 248.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 282.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 14.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.82° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.93° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.80° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.