The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 3, 2020
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 PM
8:11 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1208
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 | 196.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 303.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / -5.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.80° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.83° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.