The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
2:00 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -239
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 67.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.72° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.40° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.