The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 3, 2178
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
1:14 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3162
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 | 250.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 287.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 16m / 21.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.21° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.57° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.46° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.