The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 2101
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
1:57 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2210
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 68.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -25.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.70° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / 3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.92° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.