The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 2112
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
3:26 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2346
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.6° / 35.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.48° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / 2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.50° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.