The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 2011
Waxing Crescent
38.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
11:24 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.2%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1097
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -21.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.05° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.19° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.