The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
6:16 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1542
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 | 171.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.0° / 336.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -6.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.81° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.15° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.4° |
| 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.