The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 3, 2046
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
9:20 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1530
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 | 40.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 121.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.32° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.70° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.