The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 3, 2040
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
6:59 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1455
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.1° / 203.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 22.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.67° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.20° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.