The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 2069
Waning Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
9:38 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1814
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 302.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 6.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.93° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.61° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.