The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Waxing Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
10:56 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1196
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 104.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -10.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.79° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.86° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.84° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.