The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 2061
Waning Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
11:05 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1715
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 | 227.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 295.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 12.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.32° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.21° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.