The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 3, 2198
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
8:53 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3410
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 126.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -7.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.27° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.46° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.92° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.