The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 3, 1986
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
8:03 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 787
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 | 352.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 145.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 13.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.19° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.92° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.