The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 2, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
5:23 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 503
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.0° / 337.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -16.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.41° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / 4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.69° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.