The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 2010
Waning Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
4:39 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1084
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.2° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 23.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.25° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.36° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.93° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| 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.