The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 2, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
3:43 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 602
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.2° / 26.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -19.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.26° / -0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / 1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.29° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.