The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 3, 2098
Waxing Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
12:02 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2173
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 94.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -28.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.14° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.83° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.76° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.