The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 2162
Waning Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
3:59 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2964
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 | 289.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.8° / 258.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 19.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.85° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.91° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.70° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.