The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 2, 1905
Waxing Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
9:15 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -214
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 | 43.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 122.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -5.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.13° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.40° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.96° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.