The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 2016
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
9:18 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1159
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 121.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / -0.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.66° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / -2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.75° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.