The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 3, 1981
Waxing Crescent
24.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 AM
10:55 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 726
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 | 58.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 104.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 35m / -9.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.46° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.21° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.