The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 2027
Waxing Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
9:18 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1295
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 | 39.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 121.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.88° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.50° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.