The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
12:54 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1134
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 | 105.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 81.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.36° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.91° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.13° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.