The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 1994
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
6:29 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 886
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 | 332.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.1° / 190.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 11.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.58° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.25° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.