The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 3, 1997
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 AM
8:53 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 924
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 | 18.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 126.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 1.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.27° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.57° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.