The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 3, 2076
Waxing Crescent
23.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
10:42 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.0%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1901
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 106.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 32m / -11.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.19° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.42° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| 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.