The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 3, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
1:34 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2915
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.2° / 75.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -24.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.18° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.79° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.69° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.