The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 2106
Waxing Crescent
33.9% 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
1:04 PM
11:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2272
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 | 71.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 103.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.88° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.61° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| 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.