The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 3, 2054
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
9:16 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1629
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 121.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / 1.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.10° / 3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.37° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.