The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 2, 1909
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
8:44 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -165
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 | 215.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 306.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 1.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.89° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.56° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.