The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 2, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
2:29 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 701
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 | 127.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.1° / 59.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -18.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.70° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.89° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.