The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 1996
Waning Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
1:25 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 911
Events on this date
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 278.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 15.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.34° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.62° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.