The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 3, 2012
Waning Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
10:09 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1109
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 | 216.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 301.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 10.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.95° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.40° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.