The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 2039
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
7:40 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1443
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 | 190.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 306.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -7.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.87° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.43° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.