The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 2, 1918
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 AM
6:23 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -54
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.2° / 199.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 14.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.90° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.03° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.