The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 3, 2103
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
8:33 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2235
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 | 21.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 130.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / -5.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.45° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.67° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.74° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.