The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
4:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1641
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 | 153.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.0° / 7.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.31° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / 0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.74° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.