The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 2, 1906
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
5:25 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -202
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.2° / 348.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -11.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.89° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.42° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 213.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.