The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 2038
Waxing Crescent
23.7% 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
11:49 AM
10:52 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1431
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 105.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -10.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.29° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.04° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| 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.