The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 3, 2085
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
6:31 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2012
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 333.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 27m / -4.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.70° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.