The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 2032
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 AM
7:09 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1356
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.3° / 163.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 7.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.58° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.88° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.