The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 3, 2023
Waning Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
11:13 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1245
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 | 229.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 293.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 12.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.59° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / -0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.61° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.