The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
3:39 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 466
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.0° / 33.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -16.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.09° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.51° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.