The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 3, 2000
Waxing Crescent
30.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
11:19 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.6%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 961
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 | 66.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 101.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 09m / -12.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.44° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.46° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.41° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| 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.