The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
2:53 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1505
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.6° / 50.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -23.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.66° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.92° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.