The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 2004
Waning Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
11:52 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1010
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 | 236.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 290.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.30° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.00° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.