The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 1991
Waning Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
4:46 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 849
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 | 295.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 24.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.76° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.64° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.14° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.