The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 2118
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
10:27 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2420
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 | 220.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 299.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 10.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.05° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.95° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.21° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.