The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
3:11 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3385
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 | 136.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.1° / 45.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.91° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.12° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.