The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 2, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
1:09 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 664
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 78.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.73° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.75° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.