The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 3, 2018
Waning Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
3:06 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1183
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 | 277.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 267.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.27° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.30° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.