The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 3, 2015
Waning Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
12:38 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1146
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 | 247.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 281.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 13.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.50° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.22° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.