The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 3, 2087
Waxing Crescent
35.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
11:21 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.4%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2037
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 103.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 28m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.31° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.19° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.