The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 1988
Waning Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 812
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 | 276.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 278.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 28.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.46° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / -6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.24° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.