The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 2, 1923
Waning Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 8
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 275.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 15.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.58° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.79° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.26° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.