The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 3, 2057
Waxing Crescent
22.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
10:43 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.1%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1666
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 106.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -10.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.48° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.86° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.23° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.