The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 3, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
5:59 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1072
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.7° / 339.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -9.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.02° / 2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.52° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| 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.