The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 2072
Waning Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
12:29 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1851
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 | 246.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 281.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 12.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.20° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.49° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.63° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.