The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 3, 2001
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
7:29 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 973
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 | 188.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 308.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -8.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.55° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.05° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.