The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 3, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
1:33 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1035
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 | 123.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.2° / 76.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -27.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.50° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.52° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.