The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 2083
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
2:28 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1987
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 283.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 08m / 25.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.85° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.84° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.