The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 2140
Last Quarter
54.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
2:33 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.2%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2692
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.97° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / -3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.06° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.