The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 3, 2056
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 AM
3:52 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1653
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 263.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 21.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.67° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.90° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.