The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 2077
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
7:54 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1913
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 305.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / -6.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.26° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.03° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.