The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 2, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -140
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 96.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -27.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.18° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.00° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.