The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 3, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
3:32 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 701
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 | 140.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.0° / 36.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.24° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.71° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.