The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 3, 2073
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 AM
9:17 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1864
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 121.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / 1.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.92° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.46° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.57° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.