The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 1921
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
8:15 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -16
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury 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 | 7.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.8° / 137.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 08m / 2.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.93° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.81° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 314.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.