The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 3, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
2:26 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3150
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.4° / 60.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -21.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.61° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.90° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.