The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
65.8% 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
3:57 PM
1:09 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3249
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 | 108.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 79.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -19.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.07° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.50° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.