The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 3, 2093
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
4:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2111
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.4° / 357.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -17.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.69° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.13° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.