The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% 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
4:04 PM
1:20 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2309
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 | 110.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 76.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.93° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.55° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.