The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 PM
3:48 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -103
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.0° / 28.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 23m / -17.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.68° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / 2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.02° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.